When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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proverbiosPlaces are fragmentary and inward-turning histories, pasts that others are not allowed to read, accumulated times that can be unfolded but like stories held in reserve, remaining in an enigmatic state, symbolizations encysted in the pain or pleasure of he body. "I feel good here": the well-being under-expressed in the language it appears in like a fleeting glimmer is a spatial practice. ~Michel de Certeau
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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My real heroes have always been sports-writers. ~Dan Jenkins
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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